In the continuing search for a happy medium between the demands of other projects–business, writing a novel and cleaning up after hurricanes–I have decided to move to a weekly post of random thoughts. Today, I begin with two topics which were overshadowed by concern for the residents of SE Texas, the lower Atlantic coast … Read more
Greetings from Winnipeg, Canada. No, we’re not seeking asylum. Just trying to get away from the heat and bugs that come with summer in Florida. Before crossing the U.S./Canada border we spent four days in the Dakotas. While there, we did not see one Trump sign or one Trump bumper sticker. Strange, because we … Read more
It’s hard to look beyond Donald Trump’s continuous and escalating sociopathic behavior since Thursday’s cruel and unwarranted Tweet storm. But this morning my thoughts turned to Agent Orange’s upcoming trip to Hamburg, Germany and the G-20 Summit. This group, which first met following the 2008 global financial meltdown, continues to focus on putting safeguards in place … Read more
In his dissent of the Supreme Court decision in the 1932 case New State Ice Co. v Liebmann, Justice Louis Brandeis introduced the now oft-quoted phrase “laboratories of democracy.” The case revolved around the ability of a state, in the absence of any federal regulation, to issue a license in cases where that government … Read more
In the latest revival of a classic joke, I offer the following multiple choice question. What do you call Donald Trump and 143 of his advisers. A. Gross Incompetence B. Gross Ignorance C. Just Plain Gross D. All of the Above Two events triggered this post. At a friend’s birthday party last night, I … Read more